Picture frame, button, badge, and the like



l. N. ZELLER.

PICTURE FRAME, BUTTON, BADGE, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1919.

m1 @,222, Patented M11330, 1922.

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- Be it known-that I, ISAIAH N. znrmm, a citizen of the United States, resid ng at Chicago, county of 'Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and'us eful Improvements in Picture Frames 'Buttons, Badges, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to improvements in picture frames, buttons, badges or the like, which may be adapted to display photographs, pictures, designs, advertising matter, mottoes, or the like, and having means by which they may be readil attached to, or

removed from, articles suc clothing.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to produce "a frame or button, which is easily engageable with, or detachable from, ordinary articles of clothing, and which may be so manipulated as to remain fixedly in position, thereby averting inad-' vertent loss.

A further object is to provide such a frame or button with a transparent outer covering, with a metallic shell back of said coverfor example as ing said shell having its central portion cut away so that a photograph, picture, or other design may be placed behind saidshell and be displayed through and be protected by said outer coverin A still further object is to provide a frame or button comprising few simple and cheaply constructed parts, so designed as to afford a sufficient holding means, and which is of neat and attractive appearance.

A still further object is to produce a frame or button so formed that the photograph, picture, or design may be easily changed if necessary or desired.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings whlch form a material part 0 this disclosure, and 1n which Figure 1 is a rear plan view showing a frame or button made in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a front or face View of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the center line of a modifiedform of frame or button.

v Specification of Letters Patent. Patent d M a), 1922 Application flleil'April29,191t).' SerialNo.293,458.

Figlure 4 is afplanyiew showing the im b'm'ed re' -enfogcing aha spring means of Figure 5, is another ront view showing a further form' of construction; I

Figure 6 is a rear view of the same, parts being broken away in order to disclose the structure and Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Fi ure 6.

completely around adjacent to the periphery of the frame or thus formed. I Within the said casing is a thin; metal shell 15, which is similarly shaped, and fits the casing closely. The central portion 16 of the shell 15'iscut away to form-an aperture therein of some suitable design such, for instance, as round, oval, heart sha ed, or star shaped, the shell being adapte to receive and hold a photograph, picture, design or advertisement, or display card, indicated at 17, which will be visible through the aperture in the shell and the transparent face 10 of the front casing.

,Engageable within the space 14, and formed to fit closely within the. interior of button, within the casing the rounded edges, is a partial ring 18,v

formed of resilient wire, one of its en I being positioned substantially 120 degrees from the other-end 20, which is bent to form curved element 18 are pressed toward each other until said element enters within the opening 28, formed between the inner edges of the open back of the frame or button and seats itself in the annular by the flanged edges 11, the point of the gien being inserted through the slot 29 to come seated in the recess, 14 behind said flan ed edge.

. The material of which the spring element 18 is made is adapted to force the same strongly outward, but permitting it to be rotated within the recess 14 so that the point 26 may when required, be brought into register with the slot 29, formed through the flanged edge 11, permitting the button to be removed.

In operation, the button is rotated laterally until the point 26 clears the slot 29, when engagement may be made with the textile material of the garment upon which it is to be used, and the point 26 is then re-entered into the slot and the button again rotated whereupon the pin will come into the osition shown in Figure 1, and become firm y secured in the garment.

In the adaptation shown in Figure 3, a loop 30 is formed substantially central of the pin bar, the loop being adapted to receive and engage with a pm or transverse bar 31 thrust through the supporting material and said loop in knownmanner.

In the adaptation shown in Figures 5 to 7 inclusive the same general structure is ob Servable, except that at one point of the flange 11 the material is extendingto form a flat surface 33, terminating at one edge in a slot 34, While at the opposite end is an outwardl turned pocket- 35, adapted to receive an contain the pin point 36, the opposite end of which has a coil 37, integrally connected with the end 20 of the curved spring element 18.

In this adaptation it is obviously necessary in operation to spring the pin bar out from the pocket 35, into the space 14, and out of the slot 34, whereupon ,en agement may be made with the clothing an the pin returned to the pocket for security.

Obviously the face 10, may be ornamented or bear an desired design, and it will be apparent t at the act of securing or releasing the pin is of a simple nature, while the button, as a whole, is firmly securedwhen in an attached position.

. The coils 22 and 37 act as springs, and serve to make the pins more resilient in action than they would otherwise be, it being understood that the pin is bent to project angularly outward from the plane of the curved member 18, to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the pin with the cloth and also that when said pin is pressed through the slot 29 into the annular space space 14, enclosed h Id be plainly that ture 16 m the metal shell, and the transparent casing.

It will also be obvious that the engaging element to hold the inserted card in the frame is not necessarily limited to a pin structure but that various forms of engaging elements such for instance as an annular ring could be used in the case of a, picture frame or mirror.

Having thus described my invention and set forth the manner ofits construction, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A button or like article comprising a rigid shell having an opening on its face adapted to display a picture card placed behind it, the outer edge of said shell being turned backward to form an annular rim to hold said card in position, a transparent material permanently secured over said rim and covering the outer surface of said shell and means adapted to detachably seat within said rim and engage said card whereby different cards may be interchangeably received within said button without removing said transparent material.

2. A button or like article comprising a rigid shell having an opening on its face adapted to display a picture card placed behind it the outer edge of said shell being material permanently secured over sald rim and coverlng the outer surface of said shell visible through the central aperand means comprising a pin bar adapted to detachably seat within said rim and engage said card whereby different cards may be interchangeably received within said button without removing said transparent material and said pin bar also adapted to secure the button to a garment or the'like.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of a subscribing witness, this. 4th day of March, 1919.

ISAIAH N. ZELLER.

Witness M. A. Kmnm. 

